Highlights:Nataraja is a seasoned product development professional with 14+ years’ diverse experience on Consumer, Health Care and Oil & Gas industry. Well versed in concept creation, hands-on building Prototypes and production Handoff. An innovative problem solver with the evident 5 patents. Presently, he leads multiple initiatives in evolving the design through the complete development of next gen flow meters for GE-Oil & Gas, Measurement and Control Solutions. Prior to this role, he led several research, value engineering and NPI programs at iRobot as part of multi-disciplinary team that developed mass produced robotic systems for consumer applications. Earlier at Larsen & Toubro Limited as a design consultant engineer, developed various health care products, particularly designing plastic components. His stints in tool design and training institute beside his early professional experience in manufacturing field had given him exceptional exposure to excel in various fields from design to manufacturing. Core competencies: • Product Design: Innovative design for aesthetic & Functional, design validation through testing. • Using CAD and FEA tools: Pro-e, Solidworks, Ideas, Pro-Mechanica and Ansys. • Detail Design: Creating detail manufacturing drawings, Tolerance analysis, GD&T. • Tool design: Plastic molding, Mold flow analysis, Metal casting & Sheet metal tooling. • Process: Lean Six Sigma Tools for Design and Manufacturing, Green Belt certified. • Product design per ASME B31.3, B16.5 and Oil & Gas industry standards

Skills:New Product Design, DFM,, CAD - Pro-e, Solidworks, Ideas, FEA - Pro-Mechanica, Ansys,, Detail design and GD&T,, Quality tool, Six Sigma,

Goal:Short Term: Like to Solve challenging problems with innovative solutions and develop knowledge bank on product design & development life cycle. Long Term: Guide & Lead the new product development team to bring competitive products to market.

Membership:VAVE – Passed SAVE AVS exam and active member of SAVE International practitioner of the Value Methodology.

Certification:1. VAVE – Passed SAVE AVS exam and active member of SAVE International practitioner of the Value Methodology. 2. DFMA coursed from Boothroyd Dewhurst Inc., 3. Building Essential Leadership Skills (BELS) – At GE's prestigious Crotonville Management Institute in USA. 4. Advanced Leadership skills for Technologists (ALFT) – Designed by GE Crotonville Management Institute USA for experienced technologists. 5. Six Sigma Green Belt from GE. 6. Pro-e Engineer user level training from PTC. 7. Ansys – Two weeks workshop on structural analysis conducted by Ansys, Bangalore. 8. GD&T from Govt Tool Room.

Honor:• GE Global research 2011 Annual Whitney Award for my outstanding contribution on novel Multi Phase Flow Meter Program. This is a prestigious award at GE global level to honor breakthrough technology. • GE Management award for the significant efforts on Design and development of Density meter. • iRobot Corporation’s Rock award for a major design contribution to overcome a chronic field problem related to cleaning head module of floor care robot.

Engineering Technical Leader 04/2010 - current
General Electric, Pune, Mahrashtra India
Industry: Oil & Gas
Leading mechanical design efforts for the next Gen Flow Meters. My role involves from Concepts development through the complete product development cycle. Part of GEs Global research team.
• Developed various novel concepts aimed at packaging multiple sensors into the flow meter design while ensuring its structural integrity for high pressure and temperature environment. • Developed an Ultrasound based density meter with a novel design that mitigates the risks of flow induced vibration through. Carried out successful field trials and filed two patents in India. • Developed cost effective in-house calibration system to characterize the density sensor for temperature change. This resulted in cost savings of ~$25K to the program. • Coordinated the product certification efforts and ensured product is qualified at the first attempt. • Developed a novel concept of inlet flow conditioner & Non-circular venturi for the next Gen flow meter; demonstrated the benefits with a series of experiments and filed a patent. • Led the VA/VE project aimed at reducing pressure drop in a Coriolis flow meter. Developed an investment cast design from current machined parts, achieved ~80% reduction in pressure drop. • Led the redesign of next Gen Protimeter-MMS2 for the expanded business growth of $1.5MN. Worked closely with manufacturing team in China on injection molds & production planning to bring new design into production in less than 20 months. Filed a patent on Mechanical Packaging & Industrial design.--
Senior Mechanical Engineer 10/2006 - 12/2009
iRobot Corporation, Mysore, Karnataka India
Industry: Consumer Robotics
Worked with global multi-disciplinary team developing home robot appliances located in the US, China & Hong Kong. Led advance developments and cost out efforts. Mentored fellow mechanical engineers.
• Led Design & Development efforts for entry-level Roomba consumer floor cleaning robot and achieved a 36% reduction in manufacturing cost of the lowest price model (Roomba R3). • Managed the top level robot assembly in Pro-Engineer with skeleton & master model concepts. • Developed innovative Industrial design concepts and refinements applying DFM principles. • Achieved 30% enhancement in efficiency on Vacuum Fan design using CFD tools. • Evaluated all information collected through consumer user survey and came up with various “wow” features to enhance users’ experience like no-clog bushings, bin full sensor, Easy installation/removal of debris bin & brush etc., evaluated though in-house developed test beds. • Designed and developed a suspended bumper with a light touch system which keeps robot away from getting stuck under furniture or small kick spaces in the home. • Developed several Life tests and design validation fixtures. • Reduced ~20% of Chassis (plastic) weight by optimizing wall thicknesses & part geometry. • Drove cost reduction projects from initiating ideas to completion; Projects generated $750K in savings per year. Achieved through plastic in place of metallic parts, reduced part counts.--
Design Engineer 10/2004 - 11/2006
Larsen & Toubro Ltd., e-Engineering Solutions, Vadodara, Gujarat India
Industry: Engineering Services, Product Design
As a design consultant engineer, worked closely with clients like Radiometer-Denmark, Gendex-USA and Portescap-Switzerland and developed Blood Gas Analyzer accessories & Cephalometric attachments for dental X-ray machine and executed a few projects at client sites.
• Led the design and development of Blood Mixer (Stand Alone mixing device) from progression of an innovative concept to a production build – Client Radiometer. • Led the design and development of Thermal printer with 4” paper width for Blood gas analyzer machines, eliminated few components with optimized design – Client Radiometer. • Led all tooling efforts (injection molds and sheet metal tooling’s) for Blood mixer & Thermal Printer, Supervised the production ramp-up facility built at L&T medical division, Mysore-India. • Designed and developed CEPH head attachment for an existing dental X-ray machine and new plastic skins that were designed to maintain the current m/c industrial design language. • Improved 30% of efficiency in assembly of Brushless motors with the help of innovative fixture design, executed from the client’s site – Portescap, Danaher motion group, Switzerland. • Created complex 3D solid & surface CAD models for Nissan motors in IDEAS- CAD Software.--

Govt. Polytechnic, 06/1995 - 05/1992
Mysore, Karnataka, India
Degree: Professional Degree
Major:Mechanical Engineering
3 Year full course; • Specialization in Mechanical Engineering.

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